Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-12-08

bonds, while the latter proposition would re-
duce TIE principle OF the debt by actual pay
usnt instead OF extending it.
The pro91sit. On to deposit tho money held
b. the government IN banks throughout the
country for use by the people, is, it seems TO
Eie. excse5ingly o5jsstionab.s in principle,
es establishing too close G relationship be-
tween the operations of the government
treasury and the business OF the country,
an3 too extensive 8 comUiugiina OF their
ruol1y. thus fostering en- unnatural reliance
N private business upon public funds II
this scheme should be adopted it should
only be done IS = temporary expeiient 10
:r=.r an urgent necessity. Legislative s1d
pyaadsive effort should generally BE- n the
opposite I--ectiol, AMI should have O ten
ieauy TO divorce Gs much and as fast as can
safely be dOle, thc treasury department.
from private enterprise. OF course it is
not expected that unnecessary and extrava-
CANT appropriations viii bs made for the
purpose II avoiding the accumulation Of
any excess OF revenue. Such expenditure,
besides tie decentralization OF all just con-
ceptions of public duty which it entails,
stimulates a habit Of reckless iEnprovidencs
not in The least consistent with the mission
OF ou- people on the high and benefcent
u OUE 81 cA Ilsl1cE4L sAieAA4
1t ~ dI5y 20 thus bring to the knowledge
OF nly coultrymsa, as well as to the atten-
ton OF their representatives charged with
the responsibility cf legislative relief, the
gravity OF cur financial situation The
failure o. tho congress heretofore to pro-
vide against the dan gers which it was quite
evident the very nature OF thu difficulty
must necessarily C"odUce, caGssi coldi-
lion OF financial distress AMI apprehension
giac9 your Lass adIouvament, which taxed
70 t;.a utmost all Ia, authority anG exps-
dent w.ghiH executive control; and these
appear now 70 rs exhausted. II disaster re-
suits from the continued inactioa of con-
gres5, the responsibility must rest where it
UeIoags.
Though the situation thus far considered
is fraught with danger, which should DO
fully real;z,i. AMI though it presents fea-
lures OF wrong - the people, as well Is
peril to the couEtry, it is but result grow
ing out Of a perfectly palpable and appar-
sl5 cause constantly reproducing the same
alarming circ lnls5ancss-a congestsd Ma
tionaI treasury aud depleted monetary
condition in the business of the country. 1t
need hardly be stated that while the present
situation demands a remsdy, we can only
be saved from ike pred!cament in the
future, By the mreova! Of its cause. Oar
scheme of taxation by means of which this
needless surplus is taken from the public
treasury, consists Of i tariff or duty levied
upon impcrGions from abroad and internal
taxes lived on the consumption of tobacco
Gnd spir.tuous aIi II I'D liquors.
Il lnus5 be concejsd that none OF the
things su5jsc-ed to internal revenue taxa
ton are, strictly speaking, necessariss;
there appears 10 be no just complaint OF
this taxation by the consumers of these
articles, '.al there seems to be nothing so
well abe 10 bear the burden without hard
ship to any portion of the people. But our
present tariff laws, the vicious, ineQuita6le
and Illogical source of unnecessary taxa
tion, ought 20 be at once revised aud
amend ID. fhess laws aS their primary and
pliin effect, raise the prizes 20 consumers Of
all articles IN nJo-tei and subject TO duty,
bv precisely ths sum paid for such duties
Thus the amount o. the duty measures the
tax ps;d BY those who purchase for uso
these imported articles. Many OF those
things, however, are raised or manufactured
in Cur oHR country, and the duties now
levied upon foreiga goods and p-oiucss are
called Pro5ecti5n TO these home manufac.
turers, because they render it .',s7i5,a fo1.
tlDSG NL OuE ff-DSlt NJ sAsS 1.tJiiaGrS
TO make 5A,ss caxsI articles a1i sal them
for 3 price sqlal TO taa5 dsm.niei fo- the
imported goods that have pa;i cds5ons
duty.
80 il happens that wl;ls comparatively a
few usa the imported articles millions of
Of our people Who use and never saw any OF
thu forei II products, purchase and use
tsiugs Of tae sams kia1 made III this cous
try. aad pay therefor noarly or quite the
safls price which the duty ails TO tine i'm
ported articles. Those who buy Imports
pay the duty charged tnc.30l into III. ns.f,-
lie treasury, 5It tbs Erea. in ajorisy OF oar
cit.zans Who bug domestic articles of 5he
same class, pay : 5an a. ls.SE a25raxi-
nlatlv equal % tliS dU5- 20 toe hs.G. t.lans.=
fGcturar This E5ferelcs t1 th = ,s~a5.on
Of our tariff laws IS not made by wa Of
instruction, 5ut in orlar that We lay he
constantly re minded Of t5s manner in which
they impose burden on these wha coz
sumo domestic prolucts, ss well as those
who c5nsu03e inpoT5si articles, AMI thus
c.o.te T. tax npog all our people.
L is uo5 proposed TO entirely relieve the
country nj this taxation; Is must oo extern
sively cou5;aI9i 4, thu sourca OF tho govern
meats iacolaa; aG,j in . Rad u,5,aen5 of our
tariff ths iutc-osG5 Of Amarica1 labar en-
80 -ej IL manufacture snouId be ca,aHAIiy
considered as web as yhe preservation CT o.u.
ln2Iufact Irngs. Ii may be caliei protection,
or ,y a4T CHER name, but relief from the
haIsSti.t5 an dangers CT our present tariff
law sl:aIii ba devised with especial rrscti-
sioA against ilnperiling the existence OF our
manufacturing interests But this interest
skonld not msaa condition, which without
regard TO the public welfare or National
ezigenofe masb always insure the realization
Of immense profit instead Of moderately pro-
ftable returns. As the yoluns and divars-
ity OF our National activities increase new re-
cruits are added to those who desire e con-
tinuation OF the new advantages which they
conceive the present system of tariff taxa
tion directly offered them.
So stubbornly have all efforts to reform
the present condition been resisted by those
of our fellow -citizsns thus engaged that
they can hardly complain of the suspicion,
entertained to certain extent that there ex-
lists an organized combination all along the
line to maintain their advantage. We are in
the midst of centennial celebrations and
with becoming. pride We rejoice in Ameri-
can skill and ingenuity IN American energy
and enterprise, and in the wonderful nabu-
raj advantages and resources developed by
century's National growth Yet when an
attempt is made to justify Il scheme which
permits a tax to be laid upon every con-
sumner in tho land for the benefit of our
manufacturers, quits beyond a reasonable
demand for governmental regard, it suits
the purposes Of advocacy to call our manu-
factures infant industries still nseing the
highest and greatest degree of favor and
fastening care that can be wrung from
federal legislation. Il is also stated that
the increase in the price Of domestic manu-
features resulting from the presont tariff is
necessary in order that higher wages may be
paid to our workilgmen employed in manu-
factories than ara paid Tor what is called
the pauper labor of Europe.
All will GcknowledSs t5c force of al argu.
ment which involves the welfare and liberal
,mpeusation of our l;.bor is honorable in
tho eyes Of every American citizen; AMI as
it lies at the foundation of our dev -lopment
and progress il is entitled, without affecta-
tion or hypocracy, to the utmost regard.
The standard of cur laborer's life should not
be measured by that of any other country
lessfavored, and they are ontitled to their
full share of our advantages. By the last
census it is made to .sar thst of the II,
1872, O99 of our population engaged in oil
kinds of industries, 800, 493 are employed
in agriculture, 4,074,25S III profess szional and
personal service, (2,954 s7G, of whom are